Java eclipse WindowBuilder, change look and feel

java eclipse look-and-feel windowbuilder
redpois0n picture redpois0n · Aug 12, 2011 · Viewed 28.8k times · Source

im coding a program using windowbuilder in eclipse. I would like to have help with changing the design (Look and feel) from metal to windows. How would i do that? thank you

Answer

Mohammad Banisaeid picture Mohammad Banisaeid · Oct 17, 2012

In Eclipse go to

Window > Preferences > WindowBuilder > Swing > LookAndFeel

and tick

Apply choosen LookAndFeel in main() method.

This way whenever you change the look and feel in WindowBuilder's design view, it will be applied in the code.

Related questions

Can't start Eclipse - Java was started but returned exit code=13

I am trying to get my first taste of Android development using Eclipse. I ran into this problem when trying to run Eclipse, having installed version 4.2 only minutes ago. After first trying to start Eclipse without any parameters to specify …

Read More
Failed to load the JNI shared Library (JDK)

When I try opening Eclipse, a pop-up dialog states: Failed to load the JNI shared library "C:/JDK/bin/client/jvm.dll"`. Following this, Eclipse force closes. Here's a few points I'd like to make: I checked to see if …

Read More
No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?

I'm compiling a project in Eclipse using m2eclipse. I set the JDK path in Eclipse like this: Windows-->preferences-->installed jres--> jdk1.7.xx path But this is showing an error [ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------- [ERROR] …

Read More